Improved vegetable fiber to imitate hair



" for Imitation Hainand improved. process for ",description thereof, which will lenable others pita or leaf of the Gorojo4 palm, which grows lanimal or vegetable ber is now employed..

, length, can be spun to produce the very stron g- -v of the aforesaid plant, which leaf has previate of potassium and water, whereby the fibers of different kinds, a coarse one being first "employed, then a finer one, and iinally one Ann-si ANDR GOUTURIER; or TRINiDAD, CUBA.

IMPROVED VEGETABLE Fl To all whom it 'may concern.:

Beit known that I, ANDR COUTURIER, of Trinidad, Cuba, have'discovered anew and useful Vegetable. Fiber for Woven Fabrics 'and preparing the same 5 'and'I ydo hereby declare that the following isp-'a full, clear, and exact to make and `use"the same; reference bein-g had yto the accompanying' drawings, forming part of this specification,- in which--f Figure l is a side., elevation, partly in sec-- tion, of my improveflgzapparatus for treating the fiber. Fig. 2 isa plan or-top .view of the',f same.` l

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This invention -consists in producing, as a new article of manufacture, a fiber from the rs of reference indicate like" in the West Indian Islands, which .ber I have discovered to possess superior qualities for the manufacture of those articles for which This ber I have found to be of unequaled strength, and `which, on account of its great est thread. .The ber alone appears similar to human" hair, and can, when colored, be used as imitation hair. y

The fiber isproduced from the natural leaf ously beenV torn into iinelongitudinal strips. These strips or the' rlvaves are, preparatory tovhatcheling, soaked in a solution of carbonare softened and separated from the fleshy parts of the leaves.

VThe strips'are hackled by combs or cards BER TO lMlTA'lE HAIR.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 89,855. dated May 11, 1869.

with verytine teeth, set close together. This ,last comb` is that illustrated in the drawvling. It is composed 'of a series of ordinary sewing-needles, A A, 'set close 'together in rows and clamped between strips B B of wood or other material, a series of lsuch rows being arranged parallel toeach other, as shown in Fig. 2, between a series'of strips. The strips are all clamped together by means of screws GC, as shown. In thisvnevcomb the bers,

are nal-ly-hackled, when they will be quite tine.V The degree of ineuess can be further regula-ted by lusing liner or coarser needles.

When the When'used'for imitation. hair they need only be colored, after having b`een hatcheled, to be ready for `the market.

. The fiber may be used for making all arti- 4cles and materials for which animal or vegetable fiber is Anow employed.

I am aware ot' apateut granted Ito ferner Staufen, September 1, 1868; but as this bears fibers have beeirthus passed. lthrough the hatchel they are ready to be spun like flax or other known fibrous. material. They may', however. be bleached previous to spinning. 

